Give one example of each type of fruit given below: 

1. Etario of berries 

2. Berry 

3. Etario of follicles 

4. Cypsela 

5. Sorosis


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The fruit which develops from a single flower with many ovaries of polycarpellary, apocarpous gynoecium is known as aggregate fruit or etaerio. 

Types of aggregate fruits:

1. Etario of achenes (e.g. Strawberry), etario of berries (e.g. Custard apple), etario of follicles (e.g. Calotropis) 

2. Berry: In these fruits, endocarp is fleshy and fruit is many seeded, e.g. Tomato The fruit which develops from a single flower with many ovaries of polycarpellary, apocarpous gynoecium is known as aggregate fruit or etaerio. 

Types of aggregate fruits: 

Etario of achenes (e.g. Strawberry), etario of berries (e.g. Custard apple), etario of follicles (e.g. Calotropis) 

2. Types of simple fruits on the basis of their pericarp: 

a. Dry fruits: These fruits have thin pericarp. 

It is further divided into two types: 

3. Dehiscent dry fruits: Pericarp becomes dry, thin and fruit opens at maturity, e.g. Capsule (Lady’s finger) and legume (Pea) 

4. Indehiscent dry fruits: Fruit does not open. e.g. Achene (Mirabilis), Caryopsis (Maize) and Cypsela (Sunflower)

5. The fruits which develop from many ovaries of many flowers of a complete inflorescence are called composite fruits, (e.g. fig) and from catkin inflorescence are called sorosis (e.g. Pineapple).

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